tawt

tawt n Uncle Tom Trask, Elliston, Trinity Bay, was casting caplin from his punt one day. It was very warm. According to him, this is what happ ened: "I took off me Cape Anne and me oil- jacket and put them on the dought; the skitties (mosquitoes) wes so tick that when I slooed around they wes l...

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Bibliographic Details
Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1971
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/78078
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Summary:tawt n Uncle Tom Trask, Elliston, Trinity Bay, was casting caplin from his punt one day. It was very warm. According to him, this is what happ ened: "I took off me Cape Anne and me oil- jacket and put them on the dought; the skitties (mosquitoes) wes so tick that when I slooed around they wes lugging away me clothes; one bunch had the Cape Anne, and another had me oil-jacket". DNE-cit JH 6/71 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 1 Not used [see 'thawts', 'tauts' etc.] taut, thawt, thort, thwart 'dought' and another word in the top left corner have been scratched out.

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